Some uniforms look good (such as Penn State), some look bad (any team in purple) and many are just sort of silly (this year's Sacramento Kings alternates). The San Diego Padres managed to roll all three of these into one compact outfit however, with their camouflage uniform.

What does being a dad, priest, or from San Diego, for that matter, have to do with wearing camos? Absolutely nothing, but for a traditional losers like the Padres, it comes down to wanting to win, even at the cost of looking more out of place than Joe Paterno at an Eminem concert.

Teams wearing white in hot climates, like the Miami Dolphins, can be a plus, but usually it boils down more to luck than design as someone has to wear white (unless your talking about Brad and Angelina's wedding). The fact is no team enjoys a true uniform advantage over another, save one team. The Padres.

While their opponents are wearing white or gray and are easily spotted from a distance, the Padres can become virtually invisible when wearing their military wear. Do you know how hard it is to throw to a nearly imperceptible batter, or to try and hit a baseball that apparently materializes out of thin air? Opposing teams don't stand a chance: that is, until San Diego needs to turn a double play, the one drastic downside.

And should a post-game round of man-hunt or paintball break out in one of the forests of San Diego, the Padres will be the hands-down favorites every time out. You can bet tubby Tony Gwynn, the greatest Padre ever, wishes he were around when these threads were first introduced in 2001. Usually the first one out in any kind of athletic competition involving hitting a participant with an object, due to his sizeable target area, Gwynn could dominate.

Plus, what is more slimming than invisible? Chicks dig slim.

So let's recap. The Padres uni's make them invisible, unbeatable in forest competitions and potentially get Gwynn, ladies. Yeah, chalk another one up for Miami Dave and the Padres.